Camp Out

I'm playing catch up with some layouts I did not get posted during the year. This layout is for my oldest son they had gone camping at Afton State Park

 

I used the image from the Graphically Speaking Cartridge for the path - I cut it in half for the trail and layered it behind the photo mat.  The "camp out" is cut using the craft foam and my Xyron sticker maker. I have a couple of trees pop up with Zots. The mountains were cut twice one in gray then again in white for the now . I know there are not mountains in Afton but I really liked the way they looked on the page.

I used the mini heart punch on the tent, then used a piece of the netting I patched his tent with. Even though I patched the tent after they went camping it's just a nice touch and a small reminder. 

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October 2015 Counterfeit Kit - Autumn Leaves
2- 12x12 Layouts
- 8 1/2 x 11 Layouts
- Cards

Recipe:
October  Counterfeit Kit:
Paper:
Pink Paislee - She Art "Leap"; DCWV - Green, white, grey, brown and blue cardstock, Chalkboard Stack - Green and Black; The Paper Studio - Tattered & Worn Stack;  Unknown Tan; October Afternoon - Fly a Kite "Dandelions"
Sharpie: Green and black
Cricut Cartridges: Camp Out, George and the Basic Shapes, Graphically Speaking, Winter Woodland
Die: Die-namics Little Lowercase Letters
Punch: EK Success - mini heart
Die:Misc.: Adhesive,  Craft Foam, DIY Enamel Dots, Labels, Netting and Zots

Happy Thanksgiving

I have a Thanksgiving Blessings Mini Album.  I based it on this tutorial so I will not be putting the step by step here.  I do have listed below the general supplies I used and the papers per page below that. This is a long post.  Remember you can click on a photo and see a larger picture. 

Front Cover: I'm going to stamp the year on the tag.

 Pages 1 and 2:

 Page 3:

Page 4: I did use foam tape behind the bird and trim on page 3 and 4.  Just to let you know, I had to fiddle with it to get it to cut all the layers in my bind it all.

Page 5:

Page 6: I do have hearts I will be putting on these  birds - they are just drying.

 Page 7:

Page 8: If you are following the tutorial, you will note that I put this page up side down while I was binding it.  It will still work so I'm not worried about it and if I was giving it away how would anyone know. 

 Page 9:

Page 10:

Page 11:

Page 12:

Page 13:

 

 Page 14:The envelope on page 7 and 14 is one that I hand cut out of scraps of paper.  I do this when I finish a project so I know the name of the paper.  I have a mini binder clip to hold the envelope to the page.

Back Cover:

Now I just need to puct some pictures into it.

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Recipe:
Card stock: Recollections - tan, brown;
DCWV – Cardstock – Red, Orange, brown, green, rust  
Little Yellow Bicycle - Autumn Bliss Collections - Bronze Tonal, Autumn Argyle, Blue Linen
7 Gypsies Reef - Surf
Crate Paper: Lillian Collection - Gathering - both sides the brown and the birds
Sassafrass Lass - Life is Beautiful Woodland Whimsey Collection - Golden Love, Rose Thicket,
Scenic Route – Harvest Silly, Harvest Daisies
Bella Blvd - Family Tree – Leaves of Ancestry
My Minds Eye Green Bird "Love" Desire
Unknown scraps – Blue, red, yellow, green, the green envelope and tag, and flower envelope
Ink: VersaMagic - Black, Pearlescent Olive;
Punch: Stampin' Up - Word Window
Ribbon: Ikandee twine
Cricut Cartridge: Winter Woodland Cut at 2 3/4"
Misc.: Adhesive, foam tape Xmas Red Stickles, Bind It All, 3/4" Red Wires, safety pin, hot glue gun

 

Front Page:
Little Yellow Bicycle - Autumn Bliss Collections - Bronze Tonal for base unknown scraps for bird and green on front
Ribbon: Stampin' Up Very Vanilla 1/2" seam binding; American Crafts - brown, unknown red

Page 1 and 2:
DCWV - red card stock; Recollections - tan; 7 Gypsies Reef - Surf

Page 3 and 4
Page 3: Base - Crate Paper: Lillian Collection - Gathering; Yellow Mat - Sassafrass Lass- Life is Beautiful Woodland Whimsey Collection - Golden Love; Unknown scraps of red (at bottom of page), red and yellow backing stamped image.

Page 4 : Base - Crate Paper: Lillian Collection - Gathering; Mat - Back side of Crate Paper: Lillian Collection - Gathering; Unknown scraps of red (at bottom of page), red and yellow backing stamped image.

Pages: 5 and 6:
Page 5 : Base - DCWV – Orange card stock; Scenic Route – Harvest Silly Polka Dot and Stripe paper ( backside); DCWV - gold card stock; Rose scallop - Sassafrass Lass - Life is Beautiful Collection - Rose Thicket

Page 6: Base - DCWV - card stock; Photo Mat - Sassafrass Lass - Life is Beautiful Collection - Rose Thicket (backside); Bottom Edge -Crate Paper: Lillian Collection - Gathering

Bird - DCWV- brown Card stock; Little Yellow Bicycle - Autumn Bliss Collection - Bronze Leaves (back of paper);7 Gypsies Reef - Surf

Pages 7 and 8:
Page 7 and 8: Base - Little Yellow Bicycle - Autumn bliss Collection - Autumn Argyle; bottom of page - Bella Blvd - Family Tree; scallop strip - Little Yellow Bicycle - Autumn bliss Collection - Blue Linen,

Bird: DCWV - brown and green card stock; unknown scrap of blue,

Pages 9 and 10:
Page 9 Base: Bella Blvd - Family Tree Collection "Leaves of Ancestry; Photo Mat: DCWV - rust card stock; Scallop Trim: Scenic Route "Harvest Daisies Small White

Page 10 Base: DCWV - rust card stock: Photo Mat: Scenic Route "Harvest Daisies Small White; Trim:Bella Blvd - Family Tree Collection "Leaves of Ancestry

Pages 11 and 12:
Page 11 Base:DCWV - rust card stock: Photo Mat: Scenic Route "Harvest Daisies Small White; Trim:Bella Blvd - Family Tree Collection "Leaves of Ancestry

Page 12 Base: Bella Blvd - Family Tree Collection "Leaves of Ancestry; Photo Mat: DCWV - rust card stock; Scallop Trim: Scenic Route "Harvest Daisies Small White

Pages 13 and 14: Base- DCWV card stock: My Minds Eye Green Bird "Love" Desire; Yellow Mat - Sassafrass Lass Life is Beautiful Woodland Whimsey Collection - Golden Love; Photo Mats on page 14 - DCWV cardstock.

 

 

 

Snow Day

I made this layout for a challenge at ScrapBookClasses, a group on Yahoo.  We were required to use this Sketch from Page Maps.

I'm still in winter mode even though we do not have any snow remaining. 

I used Design Studio to both design the layout and do a little bit welding.  I wanted to use the bracket from the Elegant Edges cartridge so I welded that to a rectangle from George to create the upper background photo mat.  I just didn't want to do scallops.

I did ink all the edges with either Sea Lavender or Dark Blue except for the snowflake and the white part of the sled.  I really like how the Sea Lavender ink looks on the kraft and brown cardstock.

I used the sled from the Joys of the Season cartridge for the journal spot, and just love how this turned out.

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Recipe:
Paper: DCWV carstock - blue; Recollections cardstock - Kraft (for the photo mats); DCWV Holiday Collection "The Christmas Stack" pattern papers; Unknown -scrap of white and brown cardstock
Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, George, Joys of the Season, MS Elegant, and Winter Woodland
Ink: Martha Stewart - Sea Lavender and Dark Blue; Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Misc.: pop up dots, adhesive

Winter Woodland Skating Layout

The Bitten By the Bug 2 has a challenge going on that uses the Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge.  Since I have that cartridge I thought I would do an 8x8 layout.  I have lots of fond memories of skating.  We didn't have rink, on the farm we used the overflow from the stock tanks or the stock tanks themselves. 

I stamped with clear embossing ink the polka dots and used clear embossing powder. I stamped the two smaller snowflakes from the Snow Swirled set on the pink cardstock then inked the edges of white cardstock.  The skates are cut out at 2" and layered.  I hand cut the bows off of them because I wanted to add my own.  I used some embroidery floss that is not separated for the laces and used glossy accents to glue them to the skate. 

I used the lined stamp from Notes and Details to make a journal spot and stamped with the small snowflake on the side.  Each page is similar in design I just changed the sizes a little bit. 

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Challenges:
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Skate on Winter Woodland
Crimbo Crackers: Challenge 5 - Must use Snowflakes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Click here for the Design Studio file.
Recipe:
Paper: Cardstock - green, white, pink, silver, red, black and white glitter paper - all are from my scrap box.
Stamps: Stampin' Up - Distressed Dots, Snow Swirled and Notes and Details
Ink: Stampin' Up  - Rose Red; Ranger -Clear Embossing Ink
Misc: rhinestones, adhesive, pop up dots, glossy accents, embroidery floss - I used Royal 109 - its really old, clear embossing powder and heat gun.

Love Birds

My guys had given me a 12x24 mat for my Cricut last year and I have not used it. While I was out picking up a new heat gun I also picked up the red and black vinyl to do this project.





The hardest part was getting my Cricut to cut. I had not changed the setting to 12x24 on the Cricut itself and kept getting an error. The inside of my frame measures 13 1/2" x 10 1/2". I used George to make this size of a rectangle and placed my shapes inside it to get the right size. I cut the birds separately and did not weld them to the branch. I just a piece of batting for the background as I don't have paper this size and couldn't find a piece of material I wanted to use.

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Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:
Cricut Vinyl: Red and Black
Cricut Cartridges: A Child's Year and Winter Woodland
Misc: Frame and batting

Nutcracker from 2009

Every year DH gets me a nutcracker, he wraps it up and puts it under the Christmas Tree. Sometimes he doesn't find one until the day before Christmas, sometimes he finds them right away. This year I will be taking pictures of each and every one and making a scrapbook page for their own album.


Here is the one I received from him last year. Last year we opened presents early - a couple of days before we went to Montana. The only decorations that we put up were the Christmas wreath on the front door, a live one from the Boy Scouts, and the 5 Christmas wreaths that go on the outside lights on the front of our home. So this guy never got wrapped up and put in with the other decorations and he was easy to grab quickly and take a picture of.

I used red line tape behind the ornament back, sprinkled glitter on the tape and then glued the ornament front on top. The leaves have pop up dots behind them so that the ornaments look like they are hanging. I'm starting my album at 8 1/2 x 11 but I don't know if I will keep that size or not. It's a work in progress so I'll just have to do a few more pages then decide.

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Click here for the cut file. Please note that I was having issues cutting the blue photo mat so please make sure the they are welded together before you cut the.


Recipe:
Paper: DCWV cardstock -white, tan, blue, black and brown; Pattern Paper - Scrapbook Heaven Kit - Basic Grey - Blitzen Collection" Snowballs.
Cricut Cartridges: George, Home Accents, Joys of the Season, Very Merry Tags, Winter Woodland
Misc: glue, red line tape, pop up dots, white and blue glitter

Bird and Branch - Day 30

Today is the last day for the 30 Days of Christmas Cards and here is my last card. If you are looking for Day 29 please scroll down as I have a couple of posts today. The cardinal and branch are cut in white cardstock then I used stickles to give some pop.


I used a seam binding for may ribbon on this card. The frame is from A Child's Year and the sentiment has pop dots behind it.

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I'll post the cut file as soon as I can get 4shared to work. The file will have both the berry branch and the pine cone branch.

Recipe:

Paper: DCWV cardstock - white Pattern Paper - unknown

Cricut Cartridges: A Child's Year, George, Winter Woodland

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - Snowflakes

Ink: VersaMagic - Red Magic

Stamp: Impression Obsession - Sentiments II

Misc: Stickles, pearl, glue, pop dots, ribbon

Reindeer Shaped Card - Day 16

If you are looking for Day 15 please scroll down, there is several posts for today. I made another shaped card - I had to use the other half of my mat from Day 15. You could always use the mats as photo mats on a layout to go with your card.

The embossing doesn't show up to well in the photo but it is there.

I stamped twice with the snowflake to get the different shades.

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If you are looking for the cut file scroll down to Day 15.

Recipe:

Paper: Cardstock - red, white; Pattern Paper - Unknown
Stamp: Clear Stamps - Merry Christmas
Ink: Versa Magic -Red Magic; Autumn Leaves - Brown
Cricut Cartridges: A Child's Year, Winter Woodland
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - Snowflakes
Misc: glue

Dove Shaped Card - Day 15

If you are looking for Day 14 please scroll down, there will be a couple of posts today. The challenge for Christmas Card Challenge Week # 50 is to make a shaped card. I selected the card from A Child's Year cartridge. There is a bunch of card shapes on this cartridge and I hardly ever use them.

I stamped the image on white cardstock and mounted it on a piece of pattern paper.

I made a smaller mat from the card, cut in half and inked the edges. The snowflakes are stamped twice before reinking the stamp.

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Click here for the cut file.

Recipe: Cardstock - blue, white; Pattern Paper - unknown

Stamp: Clear Stamps - Merry Christmas, Stampin' Up - Snow Swirled (snowflake)

Ink: Inkadinkadoo - Navy Blue

Cricut Cartridges: A Child's Year, Winter Woodland

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - Snowflakes

Reindeer - Day 14

Another pre-made note card and a beautiful reindeer card for day 14.



I used the D'vine swirl embossing folder for this card.

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Recipe: Cardstock: DCWV - white, blue, brown and shinny bronze

Ink: Inkadinkadoo - Coffee Bean

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - D'vine Swirls

Punch: Marth Stewart - Arch Lattice

Cricut Cartridges: Christmas Noel, Winter Woodland

Misc: Glue

Reindeer - Day 12

If you are looking for Day 11, please scroll down as there will be several posts today and this is the second one. I used the Cricut and a pre-made note card for this one. I don't know what the name of the set these cards came from but I decided I needed to use them up. It makes the process just a little bit quicker when using pre-made cards.

I use the Reindeer on the Christmas Noel cartridge for this card. The reindeer is cut from the DCWV shinny stack and is a bronze in color. The shadow really makes it stand out. I only embossed the top portion of the background.

I used my punch to dress up the inside of this card and the small narrow piece at the top is the extra when punching. I did not stamp a sentiment as this one will have a written note in it.

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Recipe: Paper: DCWV Cardstock - White, red, brown, shinny bronze

Ink: Inkadinkadoo - Coffee Bean

Punch: Martha Stewart - Arch Lattice

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - Snow Dots

Misc: glue

Christmas Memories . . .

Pre-Crop Sketch Challenge - Make a banner.



I used pop dots behind my "Christmas" banner and strung with embroidery floss.

I used the Northern Flurry embossing folder on vellum, then inked the raised snowflakes.

I printed this holly bunch onto white cardstock put it through my Xyron to get the back sticky. I then applied glossy accents and let it dry.

Scrapbook Heaven is having a Holiday Sketch Challenge Crop this weekend so don't forget to stop by their blog.

Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:

Papers: Pattern Papers - DCWV Holiday Collection The Christmas Stack, Cardstock - Kraft, blue, red, white and Vellum.

Ink: Versa Magic - Aegean Blue, Color Box - Baby Blue.

Cricut Cartridges: George, Heritage, Winter Woodland

Embossing Folder: Stampin Up - Northern Flurry

Misc: Glue, pop up dots, Glossy Accents, embroidery floss, green bias tape.

Life is a matter of moments . . .

Just a quick 2 page 12x12 layout I made that is going into the girls' box for Christmas. I used all but one of the stamps in this set for the layout. I cut out of cardstock "2010" from the Winter Woodland cartridge and glued to the embossed piece at the bottom.

Since I centered my background squares when I cut them out, I used the border that was left behind for the second page. I use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to help with the placement of the stamped images.

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Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up -Black and Early Espresso, Embossing Stamp Pad

Stamps: Stampin Up - Elements of Style

Cricut Cartridges: Accent Essentials, George, Winter Woodland

Misc: Glue, Pop up dots, Stampa-ma-jig, Clear embossing powder

Mini Album

I used #10 envelopes folded in half to make the pages. I inked the edges of the envelopes, cut the tops off and glued paper on the front, inside, and back. I used black card stock for the background of each photo mat and changed the accent color of the photo mats. The stars are cut from George and are placed like tabs on each photo mat.


The inside cover has a wooden birdie, the leaves are from Home Accents and the photo mat is from Accent Essentials.

For the front of page 1 the photo mat is from the Winter Wonderland cartridge.

On the inside of page 1 I used a half a circle and photo mat cut from Accent Essentials. I also covered another little wooden birdie.

On the back of page one is a piece cut from Fabulous Finds. I stapled the ribbon onto each side of it the piece and added a few of the candy bonbon circles to the top and bottom.

On the front of page two I used a star mesh I made using Design Studio and George. I add a few blue rhinestones to the corner of the journaling mat. On the bottom of the corner I rounded the corners.

The inside of page 2 has ribbon glued to the top and bottom of the pages. I've added buttons on top of the ribbon. The hearts are from George and I used pop dots behind them.. I've also a heart to each of the journals.

The back of page 2 has another star mesh cut file using the George Cartridge. I added a few rhinestone to the top of the white mat.

Page 3 has a cute little wooden birdie with a few accents. The branch on the left is from Home Accents and the branch on the right is from Accent Essentials.

The inside has a few more hears on pop up dots and another frame from Accent Essentials.

The back page has a variety of hearts on it along with a stamped journaling tag.

Here is page 4. The photo mat is from Accent Essentials and has a few of the candy bonbon stars at the top of it.

The inside has another wooden birdie that I've covered in paper, sanded and inked the sides. I've use a small gray pearl accent for the eye.

The leaf border was another cut file I made from Walk in My Garden cartridge. I just glued the border on top of the scallop mat.

Here is the last set of pages for this album. I have a piece of acetate behind the photo frame on this page. The photo frame was cut from Accent Essentials.

I've glued the ribbon to the top and bottom. The scalloped mats were are made with Design Studio. I welded circles and squares together to create the mat, and are inserted under the ribbon. Each scallop has a little blue candy bonbon star on it.

These mats were cut from Accent Essentials. I've used an eyelet to hold them together and scored the top one so it will fold up easily.


Supplies Used: No. 10 envelopes. Paper: DCVW the Stack 6, Me & My Big Ideas, black card stock, various colors of solid card stock; Distress Ink: Chipped sapphire, Vintage Photo; Elements: Candy Bonbon Circles and Stars, Rhinestones, Pearls, eyelet Buttons Misc: Red Line Tape, glue, pop up dots, Craftwood Bird Shape Cutouts, buttons Cricut Cartridges: Accent Essentials, Fabulous Finds, George and the Basic Shapes, Home Accents, Walk In My Garden, Winter Wonderland.